The colder months are generally a quieter time in our backyards, with glorious summer blooms and vibrant fall leaves long gone. However, there are some beautiful flowering shrubs that lift the spirits ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Fully bloomed azaleas are ...

Hydrangeas are a Southern garden staple so universally loved that no one dares question even a single cluster of baby-blue blooms, even if they're merely there to flank your trash cans. If you're ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the best ways to ensure your yard looks bright and full of blossoms is by planting flowering ...

Pruning your shrubs is perhaps the least exciting part of gardening (though it may still beat weeding). But when it's done at the right time and with the proper technique, it can produce great results ...

Vibrant heat-proof flowering shrubs are the backbone of any summer garden design even in the hottest climate. The trick to successful planting is finding shrubs that deliver blooms month after month ...

Want lasting colour in your garden? Flowering shrubs are valuable additions to any outdoor space, offering year-round interest while attracting pollinators and providing privacy, depending on their ...

There are plenty of fast-growing flowering shrubs that can add attractive foliage and blossoms to your garden while giving you privacy, and as a master gardener, I've made a list of those that will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flowering shrubs are the secret weapon here. They show up reliably, deliver stunning displays, and keep working year after year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Alamy Low-growing evergreen shrubs are an essential part of garden design. Providing year-round interest, they create a ...

Late summer is a time of full to bursting herbaceous borders. The hot riotous colours of red hot pokers[ Kniphofia], monbretias [Crocosmia], coneflower [Rudbeckia] and sneezeweed [Helenium] sizzling ...